Your China holidays will never be complete without spending time and money to buy souvenirs of your trip. With China being a treasure house of a rich cultural heritage, you are sure to find many things to remember your China holidays with.
The most exquisitely crated items found in China are products like porcelain, pottery, carving, glassware, embroidery, dyeing and replicas of ancient cultural relics. The other well known products to buy for your China holidays are products of weaving, dyeing and printing.
Carpets and works of art are worth buying in China
The special traditional handicraft of Beijing is the Cloisonne whilst you get a representative of China’s fine porcelain in Jingdezhen. When on your China holidays, you will find the handmade carpets of China spellbinding, with them being famous on the international market.
If you are interested in art, you will find four of China’s embroideries the Guangdong, Sichuan, Hunan and Suzhou worth buying. Other favourites of people on China holidays are wood carvings of Dongyang, clay figurines of Master Zhang, the three colour glaze Tang ware of Luoyang from Henan Province and the grass and wickerwork from Shandong Province.
Buy Chinese silk to remember your China holidays
The other things worth buying for memories of your China holidays are batik from Guizhou Province, four treasures of study of Xuan paper and ink stick, clay figurines of Wuxi, Duan ink slab and writing brush from Wuxing Zhejiang Province. There are even paper cuts created by women farmers worth buying.
Don’t forget to buy some Chinese silk during your China holidays; they are worth buying for its colour, variety and quality. You could buy brocades, Sichuan brocades, pure silk crepes or fine and tough silk.
How about some traditional Chinese medicine
With China being the home of tea, buy tea during your China holidays. You have a choice from green, perfumed, white, black, Wulong tea; Biluochun and Longing are all famous teas of China.
If you love wines, you will find China’s spirits and wines worth buying during your China holidays. These liquors have won many international awards and include Mao-tai, fruit wines, yellow rice wines, sinking in jar wine and beers like Yanjing and Qingdao.
Traditional Chinese medicine is also worth buying, with this medicine being around for thousands of years. Various herbs and drugs are used for treating various health problems with its curative effects.
Don’t forget to bargain during your China holidays
Whatever you choose to buy for memories of your China holidays, it is important that you go buying after learning a few catch Chinese phrases. This way, you will be offered better rates, and on deciding on the right rate using a calculator, put on a smile and you will be able to buy at a bargain.
And when bargaining, remember that inexpensive items should start from half of its price and for expensive items, start from at least 10% of the asking price. This way, you have more room for maneuver and a means of buying something worthwhile during your China holidays.